The
Book of First John is an epistle authored by the same
John that wrote the Gospel of John. This epistle was
probably written just a few years before the Book of
Revelation. It is the 62nd Book in the Bible
and is located in the New Testament. In this epistle you
will find 5 chapters of which John was writing to
believers. These believers in Ephesus (part of Asia
Minor) were starting to follow the Gnostics' false
teachings of denying that incarnation occurred, teaching
that matter is inherently evil so a divine being,
therefore could not be born into this world as a human
to save sinners from eternal death.

The Gnostics
believed that Jesus was just a man like us and that He
did not die on the Cross for our sins. So John, being
used by the Lord, was (in love) showing them the err of
their ways. He brought them back to the truth of Who
Jesus Christ is and what He did for us and what we need
to do as Christians. He reminds the believer that if you
do the will of God you will abide forever. In this
epistle John warns us today of the Antichrist that is
coming in the end times and to stay away from those who
try to deceive you.

May God Bless your
reading and enlighten you with His wisdom and love to
understand the Truth as you read this epistle of John.